Talk:Timeline of Fabianism
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Partial review by Vipul on 2024-10-05
I would like to see more coverage of the content from Fabian Society#Second generation, specifically how Fabian ideals influenced the economic and social policies of other countries, particularly former British colonies. The most salient example (that I was already aware of from before) is India (under Jawaharlal Nehru), but there are other examples mentioned in the Wikipedia page, including Nigeria.
Extended timeline
Year | Event type | Details |
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1884 (March 7) | Pamphlet committee nominated.[1] | |
1884 (March 21) | Reappointment of the Executive.[1] | |
1885 (April 17) | Decision to send a delegate to examine South Yorkshire Miners.[1] | |
1885 (August) | Founding of 'Justice,' the organ of the Democratic Federation.[1] | |
1886 (March) | Executive Committee increased to seven members.[1] | |
1886 (July 2) | William Morris lectures on 'The Aims of Art.'[1] | |
1886 (July 17) | Ernest Belfort Bax lectures are conducted.[1] | |
1886 (December 18) | Notable meeting | The Fabian Society holds a notable public meeting, which is addressed by Annie Besant, a prominent social reformer, and advocate for workers' rights.[1] |
1888 (March 16) | Mr. R.B. Haldane, M.P., addresses the Society on Radical Remedies for Economic Evils. This meeting is vividly described in the 'Radical' publication.[1] | |
1889 (August 14th - September 14th) | The London Dockers' Strike takes place, with Fabian members individually supporting the strike. The Society, as a whole, doesn't take an official stance.[1] | |
1890 (November) | Annie Besant severs her connection with the Society, influenced by her conversion to Theosophy, marking the end of her contributions to the Socialist movement.[1] | |
1891 | The Fabian Society changes its premises to 276 Strand.[1] | |
1891–1913 | Edward R. Pease serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. | |
1892 | Collaborative initiative | Sidney and Beatrice Webb establish a personal and intellectual partnership, united by their shared commitment to socialist ideals and their belief in the transformative potential of social reform. Together, they embark on a collaborative journey that shapes British social policy and political thought for decades to come.[2] |
1893 (March) | Sir Henry (then Mr.) Henry Campbell-Bannerman pledges the government to be the best employer of labor. George Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb decide to attack old-fashioned Liberalism. 'To Your Tents, O Israel' appears in November, advocating administrative reform in various government departments.[1] | |
1895 | The Fabian Society secures substantial financial support from Henry Hunt Hutchison, a Derby solicitor, enabling the successful development of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Rapid expansion follows with additional private grants and donations, establishing the London School of Economics as a crucial hub for the influence and dissemination of Fabian socialist principles.[3][4] | |
1902 | The Fabian Society criticizes the Conservative Government's policy on housing.[1] | |
1905 | Conference | A conference on Housing is organized by the Fabian Society.[1] |
1908 | The Fabian Society moves to 25 Tothill Street, Westminster.[1] | |
1913–1920 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician William Sanders serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1915–1919 | Leadership | Edward R. Pease serves as Acting General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1920–1939 | English political writer and journalist Frank Wallace Galton serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. Today, according to The Times, he was a liberal at heart rather than a socialist, and thought to be the model for the character of Henry Straker in George Bernard Shaw's play Man and Superman (1903).[5] | |
1926 | Theoretical development | G. D. H. Cole's guild socialism evolves, integrating medieval guild principles with modern industrial organization. He sees guilds not just as historical relics but as viable models for organizing contemporary industry and services.[2] |
1939–1945 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician John Parker serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1940 | Debate | In the summer, Barbara Wootton, a member of the Federal Union (FU), and D.N. Pritt, an MP expelled from the Labour Party, debate "Socialism and Federation" in the Fabian Quarterly. Wootton argues that federation, particularly an Anglo-Franco-German alliance, is the only safeguard against war, while Pritt emphasizes that socialism is the only force capable of eliminating war, advocating for a federation of socialist states.[6] |
1939-46 | Leadership | English political theorist, economist, and historian G.D.H. Cole serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1945–1950 | Period | In the immediate post-war years and the first Attlee Government, the Fabian Society continues to explore and shape its ideas on European politics and socialist foreign policy.[6] |
1946-47 | Leadership | Bosworth Monck serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1946-48 | Leadership | English political theorist and economist Harold Laski serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1947-49 | Leadership | Andrew Filson serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1948-50 | Leadership | G.D.H Cole serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1949-53 | Leadership | Donald Chapman serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1950-53 | Leadership | John Parker serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1953-54 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician Austen Albu serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1953-60 | Leadership | British politician William Rodgers serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1954-55 | Leadership | British politician Harold Wilson serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. Wilson would also serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. |
1956-56 | Leadership | English socialist politician Margaret Cole serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1956-57 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician Arthur Skeffington serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1957-58 | Leadership | Roy Jenkins serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. He would also serve as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Democrats, he would be Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan Governments. |
1958-59 | Leadership | British Labour politician and journalist Eirene White serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1959 | Death | G. D. H. Cole passes away, leaving behind a legacy that influences debates on democratic socialism, guild socialism, and the role of the state in economic governance.[2] |
1959-60 | Leadership | British adult educationist and Labour Party politician H.D. Hughes serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1960-61 | Leadership | British Labour politician and pacifist Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1960-63 | Leadership | Shirley Williams serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1961-62 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician and author Anthony Crosland serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1962-63 | Leadership | British politician and educator Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1963-64 | Leadership | British economist Brian Abel-Smith serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1964-65 | Leadership | British politician, writer and diarist Tony Benn serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1964-76 | Leadership | Tom Ponsonby serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1965-66 | Leadership | British sociologist Peter Townsend serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1966-67 | Leadership | William Rodgers serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1967-68 | Leadership | Arthur Blenkinsop serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1968-69 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1969-70 | Leadership | British economist Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1970-71 | Leadership | Jeremy Bray serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1971-72 | Leadership | English town planner, urbanist and geographer Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1972-73 | Leadership | British barrister Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1973-74 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician Frank Judd, Baron Judd serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1974-75 | Leadership | British health economist Nicholas Bosanquet serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1975-76 | Leadership | Colin Crouch serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1976-77 | Leadership | British Labour politician and author Giles Radice serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1976-82 | Leadership | Dianne Hayter serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1977-78 | Leadership | Dick Leonard serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1978-79 | Leadership | Philip Whitehead serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1979-80 | Leadership | Peter Archer serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1980 | Leadership | John Parker becomes President of the Fabian Society.[7] |
1980-81 | Leadership | Shirley Williams serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1981 Apr | Leadership | British journalist and Labour Party politician David Lipsey, Baron Lipsey serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society.[8] |
1982 | Leadership | David Lipsey is reelected as Chairman of the Fabian Society.[8] |
1982-85 | Leadership | Ian Martin serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1983 | Leadership | Stella Meldram serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1984 | Leadership | Jenny Jeger serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1984-85 | Leadership | English politician and university administrator Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1985-86 | Leadership | British Labour Party politician Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1985-89 | Leadership | John Willman serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1986-87 | Leadership | British academic, journalist and Labour Party politician Austin Mitchell serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1987-88 | Leadership | Nick Butler serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1988-89 | Leadership | Bryan Gould serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. Born in 1939 in New Zealand, he excelled academically, earning scholarships and completing degrees in law at Victoria and Auckland Universities, followed by a post-graduate degree at Oxford. After diplomatic service, he entered British politics, serving as a Labour MP and later joining Thames Television. Gould would return to New Zealand in 1994 as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato and would hold various leadership roles. A prolific author, he would write on economics, politics, and philosophy.[9] |
1989-90 | Leadership | David Bean serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1990-91 | Leadership | Robin Cook serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1990-1996 | Leadership | Simon Crine serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1991-92 | Leadership | Oonagh McDonald serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1992-93 | Leadership | Dianne Hayter serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1993-94 | Leadership | Glenys Thornton (Acting) serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1993-94 | Leadership | Ben Pimlott serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1994-95 | Leadership | Alf Dubs serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1995-96 | Leadership | Maggie Rice serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1996-97 | Leadership | Chris Smith serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1996-97 | Leadership | Stephen Twigg serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1997-98 | Leadership | Margaret Hodge serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1998-99 | Leadership | Tony Wright serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
1997-2003 | Leadership | Michael Jacobs serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
1997 | Leadership | After Tony Blair’s victory, over 200 Fabians sit in the House of Commons, including many of the cabinet. The society acts as a supportive yet critical friend to the government, offering advice and guidance on policy development without being afraid to point out any shortcomings.[8] |
1999-2000 | Leadership | Calum McDonald serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2000-01 | Leadership | Gordon Marsden serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2001-02 | Leadership | Denis MacShane serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2002-03 | Leadership | Paul Richards serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2003-04 | Leadership | Stephen Twigg serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2003-11 | Leadership | Sunder Katwala serves as General Secretary of the Fabian Society. |
2004-05 | Leadership | Eric Joyce serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2005-06 | Leadership | Seema Malhotra serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2006-07 | Leadership | Ed Balls serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2007-08 | Leadership | Anne Campbell serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2008-10 | Leadership | Sadiq Khan serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2010-12 | Leadership | Suresh Pushpananthan serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2012-14 | Leadership | Jessica Asato serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2014-16 | Leadership | Seema Malhotra serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2016-18 | Leadership | Kate Green serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2018-20 | Leadership | Ivana Bartoletti serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
2019 (June) | Growth | The Fabian Society reaches 7,136 individual members.[10] |
2020- | Leadership | Martin Edobor serves as Chairman of the Fabian Society. |
Additional info
- https://heritage.humanists.uk/fabian-society/
- https://www.wcml.org.uk/our-collections/protest-politics-and-campaigning-for-change/the-fabian-society/
- https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13715/13715-h/13715-h.htm (Pease)
- https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095807198
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOHiInysj0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6wFSwUM-s
- https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/fabian-society-roots-theory-and-practice-of-socialist-think-tank/news
- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/aug/13/thinktanks.uk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Fabian_Society&limit=500
- Category:Members of the Fabian Society
References
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- ↑ "The Labour MP who served for longer than Tony Benn". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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- ↑ "About - Bryan Gould - Books, Articles and Blog by Bryan Gould". bryangould.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ↑ Annual Report 2019 (PDF) (Report). Fabian Society. 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.